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'Nonviolent resistance isn't about making a point, it's about taking power." Even many people who believe deeply in nonviolence might be taken aback by the bluntness of such a statement.
A World of Elders
How will the global community develop sustainable social structures for an aging population?
New & Noteworthy
If I Had A...Crayon
Peace is the World Smiling, from Music for Little People. A collection of peace-filled tunes for the little activists in your life. The Music for Little People choir, with help from a few grown-ups, gives songs from poets, storytellers, and musicians—Pete Seeger, Holly Near, and Sweet Honey in the Rock among them—an earnest, precious twist. www.mflp.com
Rich Witnesses
African Saints: Saints, Martyrs, and Holy People from the Continent of Africa, by Frederick Quinn. An invaluable, chock-full resource that expands—necessarily—our Western-weighted list of saints. Quinn, an Episcopal priest, looks at 90 "holy people" who've had a profound impact on Africa during the last 2,000 years; he also includes African prayers, proverbs, and wise sayings. Crossroad Publishing
White Overalls, Black Blocs
Anarchism
A political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups.
Black Bloc
A collection of anarchists that organize together for a particular protest action. Their goals are to give an anarchist critique of issues and to provide solidarity in the face of what they consider repressive police action. Black is the color of anarchism.
White Overalls
A movement of disenfranchised European youth organized against the economics of neo-liberalism. They wear white overalls as a symbol of the invisibility of most of the world's work force and other protective apparel, like foam rubber armor, to ward off police batons.
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It might seem that "globalization" didn't exist before the widely publicized protests in Seattle during the November 1999 WTO meetings.
The Anti-Slackers
Young Christians are pushing the edges of faith. Here's a glimpse into the hearts and dreams of a few of them, in their own words.
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At times we've discussed running articles on "pastoring in boom and bust"
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The times are strange and uncertain. So we are responding the same way we would at any other time: By searching our souls, with the assistance of Kathleen Norris and Richard Rohr, OFM.
New and Noteworthy
Four culture recommendations from our editors
SojoFest: Celebrating 30 years
Friends of Sojourners embraced, sang, laughed, and prayed for four days last July in celebration of our first 30 years.
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Like the rest of America, we were dazed and shattered by the events of Tuesday morning, Sept. 11.
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A Brief History of Sojourners
What do you get for the magazine that has little and wants everything?
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Sojourners board meetings are important to those of us on staff for a number of reasons.
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Winter brought far-flung trips for Sojourners staffers. Rose Marie Berger traveled to Colombia with Witness for Peace to learn about the front lines of the drug war there.